Principles of mimicking and engineering the self-organized structure of hard tissues
Principles of mimicking and engineering the self-organized structure of hard tissues
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DOI:
10.1074/jbc.m314027200
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发表时间:
2004-10-01
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Liu, XY
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作者:
Jiang, HD;Liu, XY
The mechanism of the formation of a self-aligned hydroxyapatite (HAP) nanocrystallite structure was examined. It is found that the highly ordered HAP nanocrystallite assembly is attributed to the so-called self(homo)epitaxial nucleation and growth. On the other hand, according to this mechanism, a high supersaturation will give rise to a random assembly of HAP crystallites. The effects of ions, biosubstrate, and supersaturation on the micro/nanostructure correlation between substrate and biominerals as well as their implications in hard tissue formation were examined. Surprisingly, some biomolecules are found to be able to suppress the supersaturation-driven interfacial structure mismatch and hence promote the well aligned HAP pattern formation.